1959 Peso - is it real?

Hi all, I am wanting to add a Peso to my collection and found this on ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Last-Mexican-si...802?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336647a292

is this real?

I googled this and have found that it weighs 16 grams and contains 10% silver... is that right?

Thanks for help from you peso experts
jason

 

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That's right, 10% is nada hombre, look at something else.

 

Jason, if its the Peso, I think it is. Its only 10% silver, really not worth much. And he did not even show the obverse.

 

thanks love being able to bounce my shopping spree off you guys! LOL

 

1807 Bust Half Dollar - is it real?

Another one that I am thinking cannot be real... this has got to be a fake right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-gram-Bust-Hal...474?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0de2332a

 

Its crap

 

1 gram is about 1/28 th of an ounce.

 

yeah! i was like WTF... damn these scandalous ebay sellers!!!

 

ah i see. so this is one of those miniatures or something?

 

Uh huh about 1/3th the size of a dime. don't sneeze or anything

 

lol

 

These coins were silver "washed" and can vary significantly in the amount of silver they contain. Don't buy them for silver and don't buy them for scarcity because they made millions and few have been melted.

However if you can find nice attractive uncs at a fair price stash them away because they are not common in nice shape. They have to be unc though the '59 in good AU is OK too. This one is not nearly nice enough to bother with.

 

I have a couple. You can to compare it with your coin.

 

Oh yea, I bought a couple from my local coin shop. He sold them to me for 75 cents apeice. They have a 20th of an ounce in them.

 

Oh and mine are 1959 and 1960